Oldest silo in Pennsylvania on Mifflin farm
Columbia Pa June 3 Oldest silo in Pennsylvania stands on the Mifflin farm at Ninth and Spruce streets. Erected long ago under Lloyd Mifflin, the structure is built in an old quarry and covered with boards. A mule was used to trample corn fodder at the bottom in early years. the farm remains owned by the Mifflin estate and the silo is undisturbed.
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Columbia
Pennsylvania
Mifflin
Ninth and
Spruce Streets
Lloyd Mifflin
Norwood
Mifflin Estate
Commencement Exercises at Carson Long Institute
Commencement events in New Bloomfield Pa begin June 15 with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev J Potter Hayes at the Presbyterian Church. Graduates listed include Antonio Mazzara Mario Mantia George Lightner Frank Dunbar and Adolfo Goubert. Alumni banquet June 16 and multiple events through June 19 including prize declamation on courthouse stage field day and graduation with prize awards and drills on campus.
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New Bloomfield
J. Potter Hayes
Presbyterian Church
Antonio Vincenzo Mazzara
Mario Francis Mantia
George Heim Lightner
Frank Beck Dunbar
Adolfo Concha Goubert
Alexander K. McClure
Careless Driver Breaks Light Pole and Globes
Duncannon Pa June 3 A motorist struck the iron post supporting electric light globes in Market Square breaking the pole and bulbs. The square had lighted plots placed under Civic Club direction. Also noted were Lawn Tennis Club season opening and hot weather with 90 in shade. The Duncannon band has 24 members and gave a concert from Johnston hotel porch. Blessed with Grandparents Halifax Pa June 3 Infant John Luther Ryan, son of Claude G Ryan and Mrs Ryan, has many grandparents and great grandparents including Isaac Gilbert and Louisa Ryan. Next item Home to wed Sweetheart Northumberland Pa June 4 Sergeant Walter A Irvin and Sylvia B Jackson wed. Irvin his wounds in France and now recovered.
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Duncannon
Market Square
Civiclub
Mercury
Duncannon Band
Johnston Hotel
Halifax
John Luther Ryan
Claude G. Ryan
Steelton
Isaac Gilbert
Town
Louisa Ryan
L. W. Ryan
Harrisburg
J. S. Gemberling
Northumberland
Walter A. Irvin
Sylvia
B. Jackson
John H. Vincent
Chaplain Visits Sgt Grave in National Cemetery
Annville Pa June 3 Prof J E Lehman learns from Chaplain P M Holdeman who served in France that he visited the grave of Sgt Max F Lehman killed in action last September. The body will rest in a national cemetery with 6000 hero graves under U S government care.
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Annville
J. E. Lehman
East Main Street
P. M. Holdeman
France
Holdeman
Max F. Lehman
United States
Gettysburg Teachers Elected For Next Year
Gettysburg school board lists changes and re hires for next year with Meade building awaiting selection. New posts include J Guy Wolf in high school commercial department and Miriam Wickert moving to household arts at Gettysburg from Arendtsville. Lloyd R Hartman named high street principal and will teach third grade. Re elected: Helen Cope, Walter Reynolds, Guile Lefevre, Anna Hake, Nellie Blocher, Elsie Garlach, Janet Myers. Additional faculty will include a new manual training teacher for Lefevre to focus on science. In High Street building Maude Miller sixth grade, Grace Sachs third grade, Alice Miller first and second grades, Blanche Stoops Hartman first grade.
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Gettysburg
Meade
J. Guy Wolf
Margaret Marker
Miriam A. Wickert
Hanover
Arendtsville
Anna Cc. Fox
High Street
Lloyd R. Hartman
Wolf
Hartman
Helen A. Cope
Walter D. Reynolds
Guile W. Lefevre
Anna Hake
Nellie Blocher
Elsie Garlach
Janet Myers
Lefevre
Maude Miller
Grace Sachs
Alice Miller
Blanche Stoops Hartman
Motorcycle Crash Injures Lewistown Man Near Bellefonte
Edward Verbeck about 40 is hospitalized in Bellefonte after a motorcycle collision with an automobile on the Seven Mountains near Bellefonte Sunday. His left leg is broken and he has severe burns. condition listed as critical. Fire later reported at Columbia hardware store but contained with minor loss.
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Lewistown
Edward Verbeck
Bellefonte
Seven Mountains
Verbeck
Sunbury Teachers Petition Salary Increase
Sunbury public school teachers, among the poorest paid in the State's large boroughs, petition for higher salaries noting their incomes trail silk workers and railroad clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
Sunbury Public
Businessmen Hear of Troubles in Handling Express Parcels
E V Conwell of American Railway Express Company spoke at the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Penn-Harris about express company practices. He cited losses from mis-marked baggage and no mark bureaus, urged public cooperation to cut delays, theft, and costly mistakes, and noted 127 859 mis marked shipments in five months after consolidation. Arthur Bailey welcomed the audience.
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Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce
Penn- Harris
E. V. Conwell
New York City
American Railway Express Company
Adams
American
Wells Fargo and Southern
America
Conwell
Mr. Conwell
Chambers of Commerce
New York
Ind York
Arthur Bailey
Penrose and Sproul Advise On Philadelphia Bills
Senator Boies Penrose and Governor William Sproul discussed Philadelphia charter and registration measures with plans to bring the bill to final action next week. They forecast second readings for charter and registration bills in the House this week and predicted reforms would prevail. A police commissioner bill delay remained disputed while the Barber licensing bill passed the House 108 to 75 and proceeds to the Senate.
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Senate Committee
Ware
Palmer
House
Senate
Local Officers of the 79th Bring Home Citation
Local officers Archibald Kinsely Sr and George Kunkel Jr among Seventy-ninth Division men returning home after demobilization. Kunkel, badly gassed in the Argonne, led Company C in the opening assault of the Meuse Argonne offensive. Major Fleming detained at Camp Dix for court martial. Mrs. Fleming accompanies him. Pershing commends the division’s record, noting advance through Montfaucon and Chaumont-devant-Damvillers and nine and a half kilometers of gains.
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Seventy-ninth Division
Archibald Kinsely
George Kunkel, Jr
Judge Kunkel
Fort Niagara
Camp Meade
Kunkel
Three Hundred and Thirteenth
Argonne Forest
Argonne-Meuse
Samuel W. Fleming, Jr
Camp Dix
Fleming
Ih. F
France
Joseph Kuhn
F. F
Kuhn
Seventy-ninth
Meuse-Argonne
Grande Montagne
Meuse
Crepion
Wavrille
Giberoy
Etraye
Moire
Chaumont-devant-Damvillers
Villedevant-Chaumont
John J. Pershing
Bombings in Washington Spark Citywide General Strike Call
Police identify a slain man from bomb fragments and note gun cotton in devices while authorities seek a black touring car with yellow wheels. Attorney General Schaffer cites rumors of a wide plot as agitators post red letter notices urging a general strike to free political prisoners. Witnesses report a touring car arriving at Our Lady of Victory Church before two blasts near the rectory and a third explosion a mile away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jagielky
Washington
William I. Schaffer
Pennsylvania
James Robinson
Canada
Fairmount Park
Our Lady of Victory Church
Capitol Guards Tighten Security After Window Screen Order
Superintendent George A. Schreiner of the Department of Public Grounds and Buildings ordered screens placed on all Capitol cellar windows to prevent objects from being thrown in. Guards around the Capitol have been increased.
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Capitol
George A. Schreiner
Department of Public Grounds and Buildings
State takes no further action in railroad and wire rate cases
No further action is likely by the State in the railroad or wire rate cases. The Public Service Commission and Attorney General's department will not take any additional steps. Legislators Senator Hinstein Allegheny and Representative Rothenberger Berks are ill at their homes.
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Public Service Commission
Attorney General's Department
Hinstein
Allegheny
Rothenberger
Berks
Victoria Included in Movie Merger
The merger unites McGuirk enterprises Alexander R Boyd and Stanley Booking of Philadelphia. The new Delaware incorporated company will extend operations across the country and possibly abroad, merging theaters in Philadelphia New York Atlantic City Camden Reading Pottsville Harrisburg and vaudeville houses in Philadelphia and beyond. The move aims to improve entertainment quality and keep prices reasonable for the public.
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McGuirk Enterprises
Alexander R. Boyd Enterprises
Stanley Booking Corporation
Philadelphia
New York
Atlantic City
Camden
Reading
Pottsville
Harrisburg
the Stanley
Arcadia
Palace
Victoria
Regent
Great Northern
Family
Savoy
Princess
Ruby
Market
Auditorium
Globe
Fifty-ninth
Market Streets
Rialto
Orient
Paschall
Woodland
Empress
North Broad Street
Broad Street Casino
The
Capitol
Broadway
Crosskeys
Alhambra
B. F. Keith's
Garden Pier
Colonial
Virginia
Hippodrome
Offpheum
Mastbaum
Allied Experts Work on HUN Rejoinder Keeps Hold on Terms
Allies discuss phases of the treaty and possible changes to German proposals. France resists concessions, Lloyd George leans toward modification, Orlando noncommittal, Wilson inclined to leave final decision to Paris and London. Reports say Esthenian and Finnish troops threaten Petrograd, Bolshevik Hungary replaced by Herr German government, and German detachment violates armistice with Poland as Warsaw counters.
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Council of Four
France
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Presient
Wilson
Copenhagen
Vardee
Petrograd
Paris
Vienna
Basel
Hungary
Herr German
Karolyi
East Prussia
Warsaw
Beckley's Business College to Hold Commencement
Beckley's College will hold its commencement exercises in the Board of Trade Building Friday evening with 120 graduates. Dr. J George Becht will deliver the annual address. Al K Thomas presides. program includes music, prayers, diplomas, and the Star Spangled Banner. Memorial session for Sen Sterling R Catlin is announced in Senate, and the House passes a bureau of markets bill presented by Mr Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. George Becht
Pennsylvania State Board of Education
Beckley Business College
Board of Trade
al K. Thomas
East End Bank
Updegrove
Mary Buttorff
John W. Phillips
Bureau OF Markets
Ben
Jordan
Lawrence
Willard Publishes Daily Own Story for The Philadelphia Press
Heavyweight champion Jess Willard writes an ongoing personal series titled Own Story published daily in The Philadelphia Press. The feature outlines his reflections, career anecdotes, and behind the scenes insights for readers.
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Jess Willard
Philadelphia Press
Couple Lived in Sixteen Houses in Married Life
Sunbury, Pa June 3. Mrs. Charles A. Fillman of Milton files for divorce in Northumberland county courts claiming she and her husband moved through sixteen different houses since their 1899 marriage at Lewisburg. They lived in Mazeppa Milton Lewisburg East Lewisburg and other parts of the region until he deserted her August 4 1917 at East Lewisburg. She says she always behaved as a faithful wife and never gave him cause to end the marriage.
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Sunbury
Charles A. Fillman
Milton
Northumberland County
Lewisburg
Mazeppa
East Lewisburg
Union
Northumberland Counties
Dalmatia Marine Reported Dead Returns From France
Sunbury and York Haven items report Private George E. Michaels of Dalmatia was believed dead after being wounded at Chateau Thierry, then found alive by a nurse, later wounded again and returning to action. Other notes include a motorcycle accident near Strinestown injuring Russell Nagle and Granville Mansberger, and updates on auto crash victims recovering at York Hospital, with Jesse Diehl improving.
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Sunbury
Chateau Thierry
George E. Michaels
Dalmatia
Here
George Michaels
Paris
Anna Rogers
York Haven
Russel Nagle
Granville Mansberger
This Place
Strinestown
Nagle
Mansberger
Mount Wolf
Jesse Diehl
Edna Howell
York Hospital
Miss Richter
Ira Rentzel
Manchester
Undertaker Charles Blicker Stricken in Rossville Area
Wellsville Pa June 3 Charles Blicker undertaker living at Rossville near here was struck with paralysis early Sunday evening and is in critical condition with only slight hope for recovery.
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Wellsville
Charles Blicker
Rossville
Here
Red Cross Nurse Home After Service in France
Miss Mary Barr of Milton returned from sixteen months in France as a Red Cross nurse with an honorable discharge. She cared for wounded soldiers and was among nurses who ministered to Colonel House in Paris. Daughter of the warden and matron of Northumberland County Prison, she was honored for her service. Colonel Shannon spoke at Columbia on his return from overseas, addressing the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association and receiving an ovation.
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Milton, Pa
Mary Barr
Milton
France
Red Cross
Col. Shannon
Columbia
Jame
Colonel E. , Shannon
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
War veteran dies in Columbia at 75
Columbia Pa June 3 Civil War veteran John Getz died at his home yesterday aged 75. He was one of the oldest survivors among the men connected with the Chestnut Hill ore banks.
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Columbia
John Getz
Chestnut Hill
How Thin Folks Can Put on Flesh
A bold sales pitch from Geo. A. Gorgas promises three weeks of Blood-Iron Phosphate will restore strength, sleep, and vitality for malnourished individuals. If no improvement, the money is refunded. Package price is $1.50, with weekly 50 cent installments.
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Geo. A. Gorgas
Zee
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Edge of
Carson Long Institute
Sergt
New Building
Columbia, Pa
C. A. Horr
Beckley’s Business College
Sterling R. Catlin
Wilkes-Barre
Crow
Fayette
Charmeuse
Tricolette
Voile
Kloomehen
North Third Street
Georgette
Taffeta Foulards
Dalmatia Marine
Bell
Beckley’s. Business College
Dial
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